History of Ancient Chinese Literature (I): New

Author: Guo Yuheng
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book was designated as a college textbook for liberal arts by the State Education Commission under the Seventh Five-Year Plan. The entire work adheres to the spirit of Lu Xun's approach to writing literary history, which emphasizes "starting with a comprehensive compilation," and Gu Yanwu's advocacy for historical writing, which stresses "gathering materials from the depths of the mountains." It breaks away from and re-establishes several outdated textbooks published before the Cultural Revolution, discarding many unsatisfactory chapters from the old materials. It focuses on establishing arguments from a historical perspective, summarizing the new achievements and characteristics of writers and works in the long course of literary history, and exploring the objective laws of literary development and change. Not only does it add considerable new content and fill gaps and weaknesses in the old textbooks, but it also makes significant innovations in its writing format. Additionally, it provides a wealth of new research information, making it an important reference book and essential reading for lovers of classical literature, researchers of ancient literary history, and faculty and students of liberal arts at higher education institutions.